The Anonymous Widower

Warsaw To Berlin By Train

I did well to have a good breakfast in Warsaw before I left, as the train journey took six hours and the only complimentary food was one cup of coffee. I did have a good supply of EatNakd bars, which because of the general availability of good gluten-free food, I hadn’t been using as food.

So Warsaw to Berlin could best be described as a two EatNakd bar journey.

I took these pictures en route.

It is meaningful to compare the Berlin to Warsaw route with the line from Kings Cross to Edinburgh. The Polish route is 575 km long and makes the journey in 5 hr 24 mins at an average speed of 106 kph, as against 632 km in 4 hr 22 mins at 144 kph.

But the biggest difference is in capacity.  The Polish route has four trains each way of just six coaches each day, whereas East Coast run upwards of twenty much larger trains.

Both lines are electrified and the Polish line appears to be a lot straighter, as it was generally built later than the East Coast Main Line.

Plans are afoot in Poland to improve the speed and service.  This will improve the time from Warsaw to Berlin.

The cost of the ticket was €80 in First Class, which is probably probably more than you’d pay on East Coast with a prudent booking in the same class.

April 30, 2014 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Berlin, Home Run From Gdansk, Trains, Warsaw